Minnesota Democrat writes letter to Biden on Daniel Hale’s behalf. Star Tribune,August 26, 2021 — 5:47pm WASHINGTON – Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is publicly pushing President Joe Biden to pardon a former Air Force intelligence analyst after the man pleaded guilty earlier this year to leaking classified information to a journalist. In a letter […]
(Article written by Rachel Weiner and published in Washington Post on August 26, 2021) In July, Daniel Hale pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to violating the Espionage Act and was sentenced in July to 45 months in prison for leaking classified documents to the Intercept. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is asking President Biden to […]
By Edward Snowden in the Washington Post on Jan 26, 2020, excerpt: “On Tuesday, Brazilian federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and founding editor at the Intercept Brazil, for his explosive reporting on corruption at the very highest levels of Brazil’s government. The public importance of these stories was […]
Can Trump’s national-security adviser sell the isolationist President on military force? By Dexter Filkins New Yorker, April 29, 2019 A former official said, of Bolton’s world view, “A lot of nasty people out there want to do us harm. If our country’s interests align with another’s, it’s a fleeting phenomenon.” Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux for […]
By Annie Machon, former MI5 intelligence officer and member of SAA. First published on RT Op-Ed on 24 August 2018. While it is all too easy to become frustrated and annoyed by what passes for news in the legacy media these days, this article in the Daily Mail did arouse my particular ire early one […]
In this memo to the White House, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity urge President Trump to get the evidence first before deciding to strike Syria. Special to Consortium News (published 4/13/2018) MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Evidence Required for Military Decision on Syria Mr. President, We the undersigned […]
Book available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble by Verne Lyon and Philip Zwerling An Iowa boy away at college, Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the Vietnam War. Framed by his handlers […]
THE SAM ADAMS ASSOCIATES FOR INTEGRITY IN INTELLIGENCE 2017 AWARD CEREMONY PRESS RELEASE AND INVITATION Who: Seymour Hersh What: The Annual Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Seymour Hersh When: 20:00-22:00, 22 September 2017 Where: Recital Hall, American University Katzen Art Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 at the World Beyond […]
An organization led by former U.S. intelligence officials has selected legendary journalist Seymour Hersh to be the recipient of an annual award for integrity and truth-telling, named for the late CIA analyst Sam Adams. By Ray McGovern (published in Consortiumnews.com on Sept 1, 2017) Journalist Seymour Hersh is to be honored with this year’s Sam […]
America’s war in Vietnam, which was authorized by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution a half century ago, had lasting consequences for the nation, including deeper public distrust of government and government’s determination to restrict the people’s right to know, as retired JAG Major Todd E. Pierce explains. By Todd E. Pierce (August 6, on Consortiumnews) […]